"What is this place?"

"Nothing good,"

"So…it's infested with the Dark Side?"

"Worse,"

"Oh…worse."

We were walking side by side, our sabers out and ready for any kind of attack that could come next to us. After we met up finally there among the surface, we both were determined to help Rey since she was going to face Palpatine alone. The recent news of hearing that she was the Granddaughter of Palpatine, it made the situation way worse focus to at least digest. But now, all I was focusing on was Rey and making sure she was going to stay alive.

"This place is evil," I muttered, feeling the energy that was rooted in evil and seeping with death all around me.

"It's a Sith planet, past Siths were born here," Ben explained as he was looking dead ahead now, having me almost gulp now as we both were keeping up in our determined pace.

"That does make sense," I commented now, knowing the tit was all making sense and coming together in my brain. But now that we were going to come head-on with what would be our biggest foe, a powerful one, I felt as though I had to be brave. There was no room for any kind of fear, and yet I was going up against someone who not only converted my grandfather to the dark side, but he tried with my Uncle and bring the Rebellion Alliance to its knees against the Empire. He was vicious, he as dangerous and he was so close to taking out my whole family in one swipe.

And yet, the last two Skywalker offspring about to end it with Palpatine's granddaughter.

"What you need to know is that he's dangerous," Ben advised as we I was mostly following him deeper and deeper in the depth fo this place, keeping up with his pace as I was watching his every move with how his eyes were dead head and his stance was tense, ready to fight, "I saw that before you and the others were trying to find the Wayfinder to get here, and he tried to get me too,"

"Rey found out from Uncle Luke," I explained, "Uncle Luke was trying to find Palpatine and finish him off too, but he never made it there."

"We're gonna end it," Ben reassured me, the voice was still stern and good, "The three of us will."

"You sound so sure," I commented, seeing him not say anything now as we heard some commotion ahead of us. I threw out my hand to stop Ben, grasping him on the arm now as he looked over at me. Then both of us knew, we both felt it now as we knew what was going on in front of us.

"Rey," I said in an unsure tone, Ben giving me a look too. He felt it, Rey was on her own and she was fighting too. Ben gripped his saber tight, then as soon as I released his arm from my hand, he started to run. I was right behind him ad we soon as turned the corner, we both were skidding to a halt.

There was a large massive room, almost like a dome with what seemed to be a large set of black-clothed beings, maybe thousands of them, sitting tone side high up in almost a sloped manner. On the other side were what seemed to be guards dressed in red, all surrounding Rey as she was alone in the middle. One last thing I saw, all the way to the right and alone there, was a hooded figure who was watching with an intense gaze. He was attached to something from behind, almost like a machine holding him up and it was attached to something that I couldn't see far behind him in the darkness.

I knew who he was, but I was focused on Rey.

She was fine on her own, taking out the red guards one by one with her own saber in hand as each of them was falling to her in defeat. This place was filled with evil, I could sense it now as Rey was on her own in the middle of the massive room when I saw Ben next to me spring into action. I watched as he threw out his hands have one of the blasts that were about to hit Rey bounced back and hit him, having him fall to the floor.

There was a stunned silence.

Ben and Rey looked at each other, the look of the dead bodies around us and how they were locking eyes with each other made everything else seem like it wasn't in existence. Ben looked at me briefly before we could walk over, placing his hand on my arm to stop me from going on.

"Stay here," he said to me, then walking over to Rey and leaving me behind me. I wanted to go with him, but it felt like he truly wanted me to wait and see what was going to happen. So I stood there, my saber in my hand and seeing my brother walk over to look at Rey briefly. They locked eyes then standing right in front of Palpatine. He was standing there in the middle, watching all of this unfold in front of us with almost a sickening smirk on his face.

Ben and Rey drew up their sabers, ready in defense now as I was standing so still. I could tell who he was, which was an odd feeling to have since I never met him or encountered him before. But just in the way he was there, in this place of all places, I could feel the hate and the darkness surrounding him. It was like a disease and sickness that was trying to seep through every inch of space there in the walls of this room. My gut was telling me that something was wrong with this: that something terrible was about to happen.

Instincts…Neyli…trust them.

"Stand together, die together!" He growled, throwing his hand out at both of them. Both Ben and Rey went still and stiff as a board, they were raised and hovered in the air as if they were trapped within some kind of hold from Palpatine as their saber fell from their hands and clicked off, rolling away from them. They were flying towards him, pulled to their knees on the ground as they couldn't move a finger in front of Palpatine, who's hand was raised to them. Lightning struck from the pair fo them over to him now, and he seemed shocked.

I took a hesitant step forward, seeing that they both were at his mercy and I gripped my handle hard. Ben wanted me safe, and yet they were so close to death that it scared me to my core. My instinct was going on overdrive suddenly, having em dig my heel in.

Protect them..you must protect them.

"The life-force of you bond a power like life itself, a dialect in The Force…..unseen for generations, and now the power of two restores the one…true emperor." He growled, having me instantly both out in a run over to him. I knew this was crazy, I knew this was insane, and I knew this could mean I was going to die if I was going to stand in front of him. But this could not be the end of what we fought for, what plenty of people died for, and I wasn't going to let it be so.

I jumped high up, soaring through the dense air wih a abttel cry coming from me as I landed right in front of Ben and Rey, blocking them from Palpatine now as the first lightning bolt was about to strike. I blocked it with my Saber, seeing it disappear now from my quick action and Palpatine looked shocked to see me. I kept my stance fierce in front fo him, getting both sides of my saber out and drawn as he was now watching me, no longer focusing on Rey and Ben.

They were still locked in the Force as Palpatine was now seeing me with his gaze of evil. I didn't care if I was being suicidal at this point, but somewhere deep down I was scared of being in front of him. My duel saber that was lit on both sides was raised above my head to be ready for anything he was going to do.

"You," he said suddenly over to me, having me shift very slightly in my stance there as the grip on my handle was tightening, "The last Skywalker…..your brother wanted to keep me from you, having me think you were dead all this time. So much light in you….I can feel it," He said that last part in a sickening manner, having me twist the handle to turn my duel lightsaber into two sabers, going hand in hand now since I could feel the threat coming fast.

"Let's snuff it out of you."

He threw out his hand, lightning power was thrust out at me as I drew my saber to criss-cross in front of me and block the strike. I almost flew back, my feet scraping on the ground as I was feeling the instant pressure of his lightning strike against the saber. I felt strong energy trying to hit me hard, but with all my might I was pushing with my own energy against my sabers to go up against him. It was hard though, even with all my strength there, it could feel at any moment that he could snap me into if he tried.

I tried to dig my heel to make sure I wasn't going to go anywhere now, but I could feel my sense of strength starting to diminish. I knew I had to dig deeper, somehow digging farther winging my self and with all the energy that I learned to use in the past in order not to fail or falter. Maybe this was some kind of test for me, something that I should have known what to do. I was holding it for so long, feeling the energy slowly slip inch by inch with every second passing by and his strength getting pushed on me harder and harder. I thought back on those who needed me, those who were fighting for us above in the sky, and those who left me behind.

I fought for them.

I grunted, shoving the lightening that was piercing my sabers that were close to my body and it bounced back to hit Palpatine hard. He cried out, the lightening vanishing now as I was frozen there, breathing heavily and watching his every move now in case something else was going to happen. He as frozen in shock from what I did.

"Enough of this," He growled, shooting out both of his hands now before I was even ready to defend myself. The lightning hit me hard, having me fly backward and feeling the light sucking the life out fo me as I slammed to the floor and my head almost bounced off the ground. My saber rolled out fo my hands now as I was now motionless not he ground, looking sideways at the scene now. Both Rey and Ben looking down at me in shock and horror now as I felt my vision going darker and darker.

"NEYLI!" Rey screamed as I was finally blacking out, hearing Ben yell out in ager was everything around me went dark and cold.

I was awake, but I was in an area of white, nothing else around me or near me. It was quiet and pristine, in which I thought I was moving on from my body were on the floor to somewhere that should resemble the afterlife. Did I go into the afterlife? Did the Jedi believe in the Afterlife? I forgot, but I was still looking around confused. I wasn't in any more pain, I wasn't there in the cold on the ground with barely any once of the energy of life back in me, I was…..maybe I was in limbo.

"You're so close to succeeding…"

It felt like I knew that voice, I had to have known that voice. But it also sounded distant, like they were in several rooms not too far away.

"Don't give up now, Neyli…."

Another voice, closer and bit more distinct now as I was standing so still, hoping to find the source of the voices that were around me and almost engulfing me. It was getting more confusing as I was trying to control my breathing that was getting faster and faster with nervousness and fear. But finally, I turned on my heel and I saw a figure right in front of me, having me take a step back now as I was looking at the figure up and down now to see who it was. He was older, but as not older than me and not too old as he was dressed in Jedi robes, hair pushed to the side and almost long to his ears. He looked at me with peace on his face now.

"Do I know you?" I asked him, my voice echoing in whatever kind of room that I was in, or was I in a room? He smiled, that smiled almost seemed familiar to me as he was staring at me with almost adoration and kindness there.

"No, but I'm a part of you," he replied, his voice soothing and deep. Once again it felt like I knew him, really knew him as I tilted my head at him now, "But others are a part of you, part of your Jedi Path."

"Am…I dead?" I asked, fearing the worst now since it might be the case.

"Not yet," Another figure said to me to my left, dressed in the same kind of Jedi robes that were in different shades of brown, but he was much older than I was and his hair was down to his shoulders, moved away from his eyes that seemed to have shown wisdom and philosophy behind them, "The path you chose, however, can save you and others if need be."

"The path I chose?" I asked in question now as a third person was no slight to my left, next to the long-haired Jedi, this one seemed much much older with white hair and a white small beard. He looked poised there next to the other two, and yet he almost seemed relaxed where he was.

"Your path brought you here," He explained, his voice was almost like a breath and cooling, "Like all the paths before you: You were brought here to make a choice."

"What choice?" I asked, facing him now and wanting to find out more and more what was going on. But the last person I saw coming in out of nowhere made me almost falter a bit now as I was shocked to see him. He grinned at me, the familiar face I knew and never thought I was going to see again.

Uncle Luke.

"The choice that all Jedi have to face: what is Good and what is Evil," He said to me, having me sigh almost in defat from hearing his voice again.

"Uncle Luke…." I trailed off, walking over to him a bit as he was standing next to the first Jedi that appeared to me "I don't know what to do, or if I made the right choice in what I did," He chuckled when I said this.

"You're hesitant in your choices," he said in agreement now, pausing a second before he kept talking, "Sorry to say that's a family trait," The Jedi next to him, the younger one, chuckled from the joke now as I was still focusing on Uncle Luke, "But Neyli, out of all the Padawans I have ever taught, you are one made of light. It's rare."

"That light is important," The middle Jedi said to me in agreement now as he spoke up, "The light in The Force is what drives the Dark Side to its knees. it takes a great deal fo strength and heart to be one with the Light."

"But…I didn't do anything," I said in a sorrowful tone to the group of Jedi and my Uncle Luke, "I tried to stop him, but he…"

"He only believed he succeeded in killing you, killing off the Jedi," The eldest Jedi explained, "That is why you're here. All Jedi are connected, they always have been one way or another. We are connected to you, as we are in Rey."

"Rey…" I trailed off, already thinking of my friend now as I was trying to feel her energy as I did in the past. But now it was weak, beyond weak, like someone sucked it out of her and it made me cringe. Was that Palpatine? I looked at Uncle Luke in horror.

"She's weak," I explained, walking over to him in a bit," She's so weak…"

"We need to help her." Uncle Luke explained.

"How?" I asked earnestly.

"We communicate with her, we become one with her and bring back the strength that only the Jed could do," He explained, having me think that it was not possible. I did remember at a time that she was trying to summon the other Jedi from the past, maybe these very people, to be with her and be one with her. It was rare for a living Jedi to do and succeed in, and now we were attempting to do it again.

"I want to help," I said to him, already thinking it over in my head now.

"It'll take all of the rest of you strength," The youngest Jedi warned, almost looking sad since I made my choice.

"You might not live after this," The middle Jedi added in agreement. I nodded, having it slowly seep over me now as I was taking in a shallow breath. This meant that I could permanently die, leaving all that I had behind to see one person that could stop everything evil coming through the Galaxy. Was this all that I was meant for, to be a mere sacrifice? Was this how it was supposed to end with me? Why as I okay with this, when I knew that this was the best thing.

But then, I thought of Poe.

I promised to come back to him, I promised to marry him, and I promised to live the rest of my life with him. He was the one constant in all of this mass chaos, even through the fits and fights, he was staying right next to me and not moving away. It was selfish of me to do this and leaving him behind, and no longer have the chance to love him unconditionally, he did deserve it. Now, once again, I was feeling my heartbreak from leaving him behind one more time.

"Reach out to Rey, push her Light into her and have her feel it, bring her strength," Uncle Luke encouraged me as I was looking at him in hesitance now, "You're a Skywalker, you have the strength of all Skywalkers before you: from your mother, from me, and your grandfather," He asked before he looked over to the younger Jedi, who locked eyes with me. My eyes went wide-eyed in shock, suddenly knowing exactly who he was. The blurry vision of all that I knew and heard about him in the past was now coming to light.

"Anakin Skywalker?" I asked him in a whisper, seeing him say nothing now but I felt it.

"Focus Neyli." Uncle Luke said to me, bringing me back to the present in front of him. I nodded, closing my eyes in taking out a deep breath before everything was insanely dark.

I was no longer there in the room. The whiteness was gone, and I was suddenly cold. I was back in that dome room, the darkness was around me now as I was looking at the view sideways. I was on my side, my whole body as paralyzed and I was stuck there on the ground. Ben was nowhere to be seen, which made me panic. Where was Ben?

Palpatine had his hands up in the sky, lightening tenfold from before were being flown from his fingers into the sky, having me roll my head up to see the scene above me. The top of the dome was open, having me see the mass battle above all of the dome as the sky was lit up with the lightning hitting all of the ships. There were way more ships now, big and small for the Resistance. But something was wrong, I could see them all descending slowly, the lightening stopping them from going around, making me look in horror. Palpatine was bringing the Resistance down slowly and surely to their deaths.

Rey was on her back a bit away from me, looking up into the sky too and see what I was seeing. I rolled my head over back in Rey's direction now seeing her stay so still as I knew what I had to do. What I felt back there, in whatever state of limbo that I was in. I took in a few deep breaths, trying to find the small slimmer of energy that was left in her.

I pushed my own energy in her.

I am with you Rey….you have me behind me. Rise Rey….rise up….

Reaching up with my bloody hand, I was aiming my hadn't to Rey in earnest as I was trying so hard to get my energy to her. But in the process, I was feeling my own energy slipping now as I was trying to get Rey's energy back up. I was doing this to the Jedi before me that new long gone, that tried to bring balance back to the galaxy. I was doing this for the Resistance that fought for all of us to do this in peace.

Come on, Rey. Get up…you need to get up and end him.

My parents were not going to be dying in vain from what I was doing, and how I was getting weaker and weaker now as Rey was slowing rising and rolling on her sides tog et up, grunting along the way. I thought of my father and his love for me, my mother and her drive for me to be the best fighter, for Ben who was my long lost brother that I needed the most.

And for Poe, God I loved him and here I was, dying.

I am with you Rey...I am….

I saw her finally get up from the ground, her saber that was once so far away flew back to her hand as she was facing Palpatine once again. I breathed out one last breath, seeing that what I needed to do was done. I lowered my hand and my head rolled back onto the ground, looking up at the sky and no longer seeing the lightening hitting the ships. In fact, they were rising back up and I saw some of the Star Destroyers going into flames. Smiling, my eyes slipped closed with the last images of the ships in the sky in my head.

I am with you Rey..I am….

I closed my eyes and blacked out again.